Have you ever dreamed of spending a day in space? Join astronauts Shane Kimbrough, Megan McArthur, and Thomas Pesquet throughout their day living and working on the International Space Station.

Orbiting 250 miles above Earth, astronauts aboard the International Space Station explore farther into our solar system and work on thousands of studies that will help us back here on Earth. Join ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut...

Space engineering giant Lockheed Martin has released the concept design for a base camp that will orbit Mars. The company unveiled its Mars Base Camp design at the Humans to Mars conference on May 18 in Washington, D.C., with hopes that...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration - commonly known as NASA - is a space research and exploration program run but the federal government of the United States. Learn about the history of NASA and some of their accomplishments.

NASA has announced plans for its next-generation spacecraft, the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. The MPCV is based on designs for the Orion, a capsule originally planned for the Constellation program that would have sent astronauts to the...

A fact-filled look at 23 of the most important events from man's on-going adventure in space. Space Facts. Part 3

A spacewalk (or extravehicular activity) is the term used to describe movement of astronauts outside the spacecraft. Learn about the types of spacewalks astronauts engage in and the training they go through to prepare.

China Is working on a newly planned station dated for a 2019 launch. Beijing expects the "China Space Station" to be operational by 2022. The space station will be able to host up to three astronauts over 180-day periods.This is around...

Even before George Clooney proved how dangerous space travel can be, we knew that space travel is certainly not for the faint hearted!

Did you know that the original marshmallow was used to treat ailments like cough and sore throat in ancient Egypt? That ancient marshmallow is very different from the fluffy, sweet candy that is popular today. Learn how marshmallows are...

NASA will send astronaut dummies around the moon in the Orion spacecraft for the uncrewed Artemis I mission scheduled for next year, Space.com reports. <br/>

China has launched three astronauts up to its new space station from its Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, its first crewed mission in almost five years.

Learn more about SpaceX and the future of exploration in this interview with Erik Gregersen, senior editor for astronomy and space exploration at Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Decades of planning. One heart-pounding setback. Over a million mesmerizing images of space. This is the story of the Hubble Space Telescope, our window to the stars.

Shortly after NASA Administrator Michael Griffin announced that NASA would add a servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, Hubbles most prominent camera and most used instrument, died.



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This video explores five fun facts about Neil Armstrong.

Hollywood often paints a romanticized vision of space travel, but living in a gravity-free environment has dirty downsides. It takes a lot of extra work for an astronaut to tend to their personal hygiene in space. Sometimes, they're even...

Desert Research and Technology Studies (Desert RATS) tests procedures and equipment that could one day be a part of human space flight missions to the moon and Mars.<b<b<br/>r/>r/>

This video provides a brief biography of Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon. It highlights his early career as a naval aviator and his work as an engineer and test pilot for NACA, which later became NASA. The video also...

Begin a tour of the Hubble control center in the lobby, where you will learn about the orbiting spacecraft. This is part 1 of 5 of a 360-degree, virtual tour of the Hubble Space Telescope’s home for mission operations, the...

August 1972, as NASA scientist Ian Richardson remembers it, was hot. In Surrey, England, where he grew up, the fields were brown and dry, and people tried to stay out of the Sun, indoors and televisions on. But for several...

According to reports from NASA, an uncrewed Orion spacecraft will be launched during the Exploration Mission-1, beginning a three-week trip to space.

The Radiation Belt Storm Probe mission (RBSP) will explore the Van Allen Radiation Belts in the Earth's magnetosphere. The charge particles in these regions can be hazardous to both spacecraft and astronauts. Project Scientist David...

A conversation with Jessica Marquez, human systems engineer and research scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center.